Inside Hamline News

On Sunday, August 17, get your workout in while supporting Hamline STEM undergraduates. The third-annual Monarch Fund 5k Run/Walk for Cancer Recovery will donate 100% of registration fees to support one or more students conducting collaborative research in a STEM field, with preference given to those studying cancer treatment and recovery.

Professor of English Kris Deffenbacher presented two papers at the International Association for the Study of Irish Literature Conference at the University of Galway, Ireland, July 21-25. The first paper was on "Reframing Bodily Autonomy and National Care" in contemporary Irish women's fiction, and the second was presented as part of a roundtable on Irish women's genre fiction.

In July, Biology Lab Manager and Instructor Kathryn Malody presented on "Virtual Reality in the Lab" at the 2025 Conference for the National Association of Scientific Materials Managers (NAOSMM), held in Richmond, VA. Her presentation covered the use of this technology as a learning tool in lab settings, as well as the maintenance and support of VR headsets.

Hamline's 2024-25 Winter/Spring Academic All-Conference Student-Athletes for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) were recently announced. Congratulations to the hardworking Hamline students who gained this recognition!

Hamline's Natural Sciences and Environmental Education (MAEd:NSEE) program, housed in the School of Education and Leadership, has received a $712,000 grant from the Legislative Citizens' Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). This grant will enable the NSEE program, along with partners from the University of Minnesota and Freshwater, to expand and grow the highly successful Teacher Field School, designed to help teachers develop the skills necessary to support pre-K through 6th-grade students in achieving both social-emotional and academic growth through nature-based learning.

Kris Norman, professor and director of public administration programs at Hamline, published an article in MinnPost on grief. The article, entitled "Bearing Witness to our Collective Grief," was written in the wake of the June 14 shootings.

Psychology professor Dr. Serena King was the primary author of a letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics publication entitled " Frequent and Problem Gambling in Public School Students." King's co-author...

Dr. Valerie Mulvenna '24, a graduate of Hamline's Doctorate in Education program, presented at the 2025 Children & Nature Network’s Nature Everywhere national conference held May 13-16 at St. Paul’s RiverCentre.

Hamline's Natural Sciences and Environmental Education (NSEE) has received re-accreditation by the North American Association for Environmental Education. This distinction is granted to programs that meet exceptionally high levels of rigor, professional relevance, academic integrity and set the standard for the field of environmental education.

Michelle Benegas, associate professor in the School of Education and Leadership, launched the second edition of her 2020 book, Teacher Leadership for School-Wide English Learning, coauthored with Amy Stolpestad.